30 second experimental animation

This project was to complete an animation within a 30 second time constraint. It had to be exoerimental in a technique not I am not familiar with.. and no music or no central character. i eventually came to the idea of an animated pop up book.. of sorts...

Lip Syncing

Lip Sync exercise.. sound byte taking from Keith Apicarys' Talkimg Classics

Bad Taste pt 2

The first is a take on the Stella Artois posters that were knocking about last year or so... I wanted to illustrate the "Wife Beater" reputation the drink has... as it is quite vile stuff.

The second is pretty self explanatory.. you can figure it out for yourself



So these are the last two images from my Bad Taste project.

Bad Taste

New uni year, new project. This one is on "Bad Taste" Completely subjective as taste can only be valued on an individual perspective. Thought long and hard over the start of this project and came to the conclusion that it was faaaaar to easy to go down the offensive or shock value route. I decided to go for the"cheesy" and tacky "instead"

My first two ideas are pretty much finished.

The first is my take on a poster for soem sort of cheesy sci-fi B movie poster. "OctoSheep" just kept propping in my brain so I went with that.

My Second Idea was to do a poster for a seedy strip club and I decided to create one in the style of Toulouse Lautrecs' Moulin Rouge posters.

Graphic Novel Idea

So whilst I havnt ironed out the full details yet I decided to go with a story that has parralels with "Pinocchio"
Instead dof a wooden puppet trying to become a real boy, My main character is going to be a 30 year old man trying to understand what it is to be a "real man"... journey to expect who he is and where he's going blah blah... the twist is that he is now followed round by an imaginary friend he had when he was a kid, a sort of Jiminy Cricket consciences type character... except that he's not a grashopper but a cigar smoking killer whale.

In place of Gepetto there is his 30 year old female "best friend" maybe a room mate.. I want their relationship to be quite platonic and have no romantic involvement whatsoever, i think this is rarely played out upon in a lot of media and it reflects quiet a few of the friendships with girls i have today.

anyways.. enough waffling.. heres some initial character designs.. not overly finished yet.. but getting there.. let me know what you think.

Red Riding Hood Animation

So this was what my first year boiled down too. I may be over critical with my work but im not too happy with it overall. I could have spent my time more wisely on the actual animation rather then making pretty looking backgrounds... still i got a first... woohoo!

Backgrounds pt 2

last of the troublesome backgrounds... i still have nightmares of me sitting up all night drinking energy drinks!

Backgrounds

These are the backgrounds used in my last animation project. I swear if i ever have to draw another tree again.....

Red Riding Hood

My new animation project is based on folk stories. I've decided to create a take on The Brothers Grimm story Little Red Cap... or Little Red Riding Hood for those who aren't in the know. Its a basic story i know but i like the iconography of Red's hood and cap. Im also twisting the characters roles a bit. the wolf is the innocent whilst Red is the deceiver. Not very original i know but should look cool when i'm done.
Here's the character concepts...

Canned Animation Idea

So at the start of the year I had an idea for my new animation project. Was going to be a short animation in the vein of old cartoons i watched as a kid ,ie Ninja Turtles and Thundercats. My Idea involved Rabbits in space... or something.. only got as far as the initial character designs... may pick it up again when i have more time.

Illustration Exhibition

So my class had a mini exhibition in our uni. My final comic pages were chosen to be a central piece. Enlarged and painted on a white wall.
Here's scans of the acetate images and photos of the process.

Sketchbook Scans

Ok ok so i know i've not posted on here for a while but its been a busy start to the year. here's a few new sketchbook scans to tide you over....